The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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Page 52
... sure often enough . Now , Sir , what a man avows , he is not ashamed to think ; though many a man thinks , what he is afhamed to avow . We are all envious naturally ; but by checking envy we get the bet- ter of it . So we are all ...
... sure often enough . Now , Sir , what a man avows , he is not ashamed to think ; though many a man thinks , what he is afhamed to avow . We are all envious naturally ; but by checking envy we get the bet- ter of it . So we are all ...
Page 80
... sure of falvation . A man cannot be fure himself that he has divine intimation of acceptance ; much lefs can he make others fure that he has it . " < c BOSWELL . 66 Then , " Then , Sir , we must be contented to 80 THE LIFE OF.
... sure of falvation . A man cannot be fure himself that he has divine intimation of acceptance ; much lefs can he make others fure that he has it . " < c BOSWELL . 66 Then , " Then , Sir , we must be contented to 80 THE LIFE OF.
Page 277
... sure he meant fomething . ' Yet when the life of that pre- late , prefixed to his fermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton his chaplains , firft came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and faid , ' It is a life well written , and ...
... sure he meant fomething . ' Yet when the life of that pre- late , prefixed to his fermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton his chaplains , firft came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and faid , ' It is a life well written , and ...
Page 358
... Sure , Sir , you don't think a refolution of the House of Commons equal to the law of the land . " WILKES . ( at once perceiv- ing the application ) " GOD forbid , Sir . " - To hear what had been treated with fuch violence in " The ...
... Sure , Sir , you don't think a refolution of the House of Commons equal to the law of the land . " WILKES . ( at once perceiv- ing the application ) " GOD forbid , Sir . " - To hear what had been treated with fuch violence in " The ...
Page 539
... sure that they have com- plied with the conditions , they are afraid . " In one of his little manufcript diaries , about this time , I find a short notice , which marks his amia- ble difpofition more certainly than a thousand studied ...
... sure that they have com- plied with the conditions , they are afraid . " In one of his little manufcript diaries , about this time , I find a short notice , which marks his amia- ble difpofition more certainly than a thousand studied ...
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